This marketing year, Ukraine is not threatened by a shortage of sunflower oil, Stepan Kapshuk, CEO of Ukroliyaprom, has said. “The level of consumption of sunflower oil in Ukraine in packaged form is about 20-25 thousand tons per month, 400 thousand tons – per year, while the oil and fat industry, according to the forecast…
Ternopil region began sugar beet sowing campaign. This was announced by the head of the crop department of the regional department of agri-industrial development Nadiya Voskresenska. According to her, the weather conditions this year are favorable for spring sowing operations. (Ukrsugar/Business World Magazine)
Volunteers from Lithuania’s NGO Food Bank will collect food products for people in need and Ukrainian refugees. Volunteers will be available in supermarkets in 69 towns and cities. “Food donations during this campaign are desperately needed. We are asking people to do what they can to help, as NGOs have run out of long shelf-life…
Spring planting campaign is being carried out on 2% of the territory of Ukraine, as the weather turns to be more favorable. Farmers are quite well prepared for the field works, said the deputy minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotsky. “The planting campaign has already been started. Farmers are planting early…
Georgia’s wine export growth rate reached more than 40% in January-February, the Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia said on March 21, adding the figure reflected the “purposeful policy” of the Georgian Government. Shamugia noted exports of agricultural products were increasing as well, pointing out the state’s support for market diversification, and saying the list of…
The International Grains Council (IGC) cut its forecast for Ukraine’s grain exports in the current 2021-2022 season, noting ongoing conflict in the country had fuelled concerns about potential food security risks, Reuters informed. Ukraine’s grain exports were revised to 47.8 million tons, sharply down from last month’s forecast of 62.8 million tons with the council…
Ukraine exported 18 million tons of wheat in 2021-2022 MY. It has 15 million tons of wheat left in the country, declared Mykola Gorbachev the president of Ukrainian Grain Association on March 15. “Minus 4 million tons Ukraine consumes per year, and we still have stocks sufficient for 3 years. Even if we do not…